YOS 20, 039 (P296735)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02157

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of shares of rights to cuts of meat associated with builder's prebend.)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

79.0 mm × 89.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of shares of rights to cuts of meat associated with builder's prebend.)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.078.09.01
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296735
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296735

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	79.0 mm × 89.0 mm × 31.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment (Surface: Fair)

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	MLC 02157
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002103
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2157

References

primary: YOS 20, 39

[Doty2012YOS20] Doty, L. Timothy, and Ronald Wallenfels. 2012. Cuneiform Documents from Hellenistic Uruk. Yale Oriental Series. Babylonian Texts, Vol. 20. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296735.

YOS 20, 039 artifact entry (No. P296735). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296735 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296735 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296735},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 039 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296735.

YOS 20, 039 artifact entry (No. P296735). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296735 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 039 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296735 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 20, 039 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296735},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296735},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P296735
LB  - CDLI:P296735
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - YOS 20, 039 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296735
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